Caroline McGinn

London

Global Editor in Chief at Time Out London

Editorial director of @TimeOutLondon and its international pals. I find it hard to stick to 140 characters.

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Free Things To Do in London With Kids From Parks To Museums

Nov 2, 2024 | timeout.com | Caroline McGinn |Sarah Cohen |Rhian Daly

© Benjamin EalovegaScience Museum© Benjamin EalovegaHere’s how you and the kids can make the most of London without breaking the bankMonday 22 July 2024FacebookTwitterPinterestEmailWhatsAppContributors: Sarah Cohen & Rhian DalyAdvertisingKids are expensive. And London is expensive. But taking your kids for a day out in this city doesn’t have to necessitate selling a kidney.
the cult cold read smash returns

Oct 3, 2024 | timeout.com | Caroline McGinn

Photo: @sohoplaceTheatre, Experimental@sohoplace, Soho31 Oct9 Nov 2024RecommendedReview3 out of 5 starsAs Nassim Soleimanpour's 14-year-old cold read smash transfers to the West End it remains compelling but mercurialThursday 3 October 2024FacebookTwitterPinterestEmailWhatsAppBuy ticketAdvertisingTime Out saysIf you want to grab one of the few remaining tickets left for this show you should ignore my rating and go along with an open mind. Maybe donâ€™t read this review either.
Imelda Staunton dazzles in the musical classic

Jul 19, 2024 | timeout.com | Caroline McGinn

Photo: Manuel HarlanTheatre, MusicalsLondon Palladium, Soho19 Jul21 Sept 2024RecommendedReview4 out of 5 starsImelda Staunton will blow your socks off with this terrifically entertaining revival of the classic musicalFriday 19 July 2024FacebookTwitterPinterestEmailWhatsAppBuy ticketAdvertisingTime Out saysIn showbiz as in life, older women complain of feeling â€˜invisibleâ€™.
The Secret Garden

Jun 28, 2024 | timeout.com | Caroline McGinn

Photo: Alex BrennerTheatre, DramaRegent's Park Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park28 Jun20 Jul 2024RecommendedReview4 out of 5 starsBeautifully crafted, thoughtfully updated new version of the immortal children’s novelFriday 28 June 2024FacebookTwitterPinterestEmailWhatsAppBuy ticketAdvertisingTime Out saysIs this the most gorgeous theatre in the world? Well no not always. I've spent miserable hours in the rain here, shivering under layers of plastic.
Bijan Sheibani’s solid second play concerns a man struggling with fatherhood

Apr 19, 2024 | timeout.com | Caroline McGinn

Photo: Manuel HarlanBuy ticketAdvertisingTime Out says3 out of 5 starsBijan Sheibani’s play about a man struggling with fatherhood is powerfully intimate but sometimes self-absorbedWriter-director Bijan Sheibani’s new short play is very well-observed: it feels like a fly-on-the-wall documentary of the blurry first few months of being a parent.
Giles Terera stars in this knotty morality thriller

Apr 2, 2024 | timeout.com | Caroline McGinn

Photo: Manuel HarlanAdvertisingTime Out says4 out of 5 starsDeliciously knotty morality thriller about a campus scandal at an American universityThis 2019 drama about a Harvard professor who gets cancelled after he platforms a racist is never the play you think it’s going to be, and it’s all the better for it. Some LA critics were a little snooty about Paul Grellong’s play when it premiered there with Bryan Cranston starring. They’re wrong, it’s terrific.
The Duchess of Malfi

Mar 4, 2024 | timeout.com | Caroline McGinn

Photo: Marc BrennerBuy ticketAdvertisingTime Out says4 out of 5 starsA phenomenal title turn from Francesca Mills powers this accessible, PG-rated take on Webster’s dark tragedyFrancesca Mills is luminous in the title role of this sadistic thriller by Shakespeare’s young contemporary, John Webster.
Standing at the Sky’s Edge

Feb 29, 2024 | timeout.com | Caroline McGinn

Photo: Brinkhoff-MoegenburgBuy ticketAdvertisingTime Out says5 out of 5 starsRichard Hawley and Chris Bush’s monumental musical love letter to a Sheffield estate is unlike anything else in the West EndI was blown away by the emotional power of this show, about three generations of incomers in Sheffield’s iconic – and infamous – brutalist housing estate, Park Hill.
Lindsay Duncan heads up this period curio

Feb 15, 2024 | timeout.com | Caroline McGinn

Photo: Marc BrennerAdvertisingTime Out says3 out of 5 starsDodie Smith’s ’30s smash now feels like a period curio, but this production is beautifully doneWhen ‘Dear Octopus’ opened on the West End it was 14 September 1938, Neville Chamberlain was on his way to Germany to appease Hitler and Britain stood uneasily – if not yet knowingly – on the brink of war.
Cirque du Soleil: Alegría

Jan 18, 2024 | timeout.com | Caroline McGinn

Photo: Anne-Marie ForkerBuy ticketAdvertisingTime Out says4 out of 5 starsThis soppy, funny, OTT entertainment is Cirque du Soleil at its bestThere are many reasons why this 40-year-old Canadian company is the world’s most famous circus. And you’ll witness them all in this lively reboot of a classic show from their back catalogue. Lavish design, astonishing athletes, and deft direction that ushers you from giggles to gasps with - apparently - the greatest of ease.